Ninja Dave
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Hi,
I'm hoping somebody could help clear this up for me.
I've had my tank set up and added 8 guppies and 6 Salt and Pepper Cory's on Sunday after cycling my tank. They all seemed to be fine when I added them. All feeding and active. Yesterday the Guppies seemed to tend to congregate in one of the top corners. The Cory's weren't very active at all.
This morning two Cory's were dead and one died this afternoon. After looking at the one this afternoon before it died the gills seemed red. After looking into this a bit more it looked like it could have been a lack of Oxygen.
I've tested the water and the Ammonia and Nitrite have remained at 0. The Nitrate was about 80 so I did a 50% water change. I've tested this again and the nitrate is about 30 (tap water is 0). PH is higher than I would like at about 7.6. I'm trying to get this down to around 6.8 which I get from the tap.
The water is quite agitated from the filter (juwel rekord 600 bioflow pump) but I added an air stone this afternoon to try and help things along.
The Guppies seem to have been given new life and their colours have gone from pale to intense colours.
My tank is planted and I ideally do not want the air stone running as its noisy.
Does this sound like a lack of oxygen or something else?
If this is oxygen related, is there a better way of oxygenating the tank other than an air stone so as not to affect the plants (or be noisy)?
Cheers,
Dave
I'm hoping somebody could help clear this up for me.
I've had my tank set up and added 8 guppies and 6 Salt and Pepper Cory's on Sunday after cycling my tank. They all seemed to be fine when I added them. All feeding and active. Yesterday the Guppies seemed to tend to congregate in one of the top corners. The Cory's weren't very active at all.
This morning two Cory's were dead and one died this afternoon. After looking at the one this afternoon before it died the gills seemed red. After looking into this a bit more it looked like it could have been a lack of Oxygen.
I've tested the water and the Ammonia and Nitrite have remained at 0. The Nitrate was about 80 so I did a 50% water change. I've tested this again and the nitrate is about 30 (tap water is 0). PH is higher than I would like at about 7.6. I'm trying to get this down to around 6.8 which I get from the tap.
The water is quite agitated from the filter (juwel rekord 600 bioflow pump) but I added an air stone this afternoon to try and help things along.
The Guppies seem to have been given new life and their colours have gone from pale to intense colours.
My tank is planted and I ideally do not want the air stone running as its noisy.
Does this sound like a lack of oxygen or something else?
If this is oxygen related, is there a better way of oxygenating the tank other than an air stone so as not to affect the plants (or be noisy)?
Cheers,
Dave